Collective phenomena in crowds—Where pedestrian dynamics need social psychology

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 6; p. e0177328
• Main Authors: Sieben, Anna, Schumann, Jette, Seyfried, Armin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 07.06.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Assembling; Behavior; Biology and Life Sciences; Boarding; Categories; Collective action; Collective behavior; Computer science; Crowding - psychology; Density; Desks; Discrimination; Dispersal; Dispersion; Dynamic structural analysis; Dynamics; Engineering; Engineering and Technology; Human behavior; Humans; Immigration; Interdisciplinary aspects; Models, Theoretical; Natural sciences; Norms; Pedestrians; Pedestrians - psychology; Psychology; Psychology, Social; Questionnaires; Research and Analysis Methods; Social Behavior; Social dynamics; Social norms; Social psychology; Social Sciences; Social systems; Sociology; Spatial analysis; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Theory; Traffic control; Transportation models; Walking - psychology

This article is on collective phenomena in pedestrian dynamics during the assembling and dispersal of gatherings. To date pedestrian dynamics have been primarily studied in the natural and engineering sciences. Pedestrians are analyzed and modeled as driven particles revealing self-organizing phenom...